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Assistant Professor of Theatre Emily K. Harrison recently directed a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at the Theater at Woodshill, a professional, not-for-profit summer theatre in Sauquoit, N.Y. The production included design expertise from Mike Revenaugh, instructional designer in digital innovation at Burke Library.

Ed. note: Some readers might find title of the play offensive Assistant Professor of Theatre Emily K. Harrison’s scholarly review of the 2025 World Premiere of Jordan Tannahill’s play Prince Faggot was published in the most recent edition of Theatre Journal (Volume 78, Number 20: June 2026).

In his time at Hamilton, Aubrey Campbell ’26 left no stage unconquered, whether it’s the Barrett and Romano performance spaces for productions with the Theatre Department or Wellin Hall and the Chapel for concerts with the Music Department. With Hamilton graduation now behind him, he looks toward pursuing a master’s of music in voice at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.

Four Hamilton College faculty members were awarded Hamilton’s highest awards for teaching by Provost and Dean of Faculty Ngoni Munemo. Announced during the May 5 faculty meeting, those honored were selected from among 175 nominations received from 58 students.

“The Making of Things We Will Miss: Meditations on the Climate Crisis,” an essay by Assistant Professor of Theatre Emily K. Harrison, was recently published on HowlRound Theatre Commons.

Jess Buttery, assistant professor of instruction in theatre and production manager,  chaired and presented a session titled “Business of Making Art: Careers in Theater Management” at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Annual Conference in Long Beach, Calif., March 17-22.

Assistant Professor of Theatre Emily K. Harrison recently presented a paper titled “Playing JonBenét” at the 2026 Mid America Theatre Conference, held in Pittsburgh.

Last year at about this time, members of the Class of 2025 were starting to receive news about acceptances to post-graduate and professional degree programs. We caught up with a few of these recent graduates to find out what they’ve learned, what they’ve enjoyed, and any challenges they faced as they pursue graduate degrees.

Assistant Professor of Theatre Emily K. Harrison and Assistant Professor of Instruction in Theatre Jess Buttery presented their original work, Things We Will Miss, as part of the 2026 PhysFestNYC. The annual festival, which is highly selective, "celebrates, enriches, and envisions the field of physical theater."

Assistant Professor of Theatre Emily K. Harrison recently participated in the 2025 Indy Convergence, an intensive artist residency based in Indianapolis that brings artists of all disciplines together for two weeks of project development.